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I get that it started for free with less intrusive ads, but YouTube has had a huge impact on the way we all share and consume information. Understanding how much money it takes to run a service with the technology needed to provide high definition videos on a site that is up 99.9999999% of the time, I have no issue paying for a service that has changed my life in many positive ways. Now I do hate price gouging like everyone else, but it's inescapable from gas & groceries to all streaming platforms.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Same with all of them. Remember when Netflix was $8 and you got all of the features? People said back then that they didn't mind paying for it either.

[–] ThePantser 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Same for Disney, it was $7 a month in 2019, it is now $16. That is an increase of over 40% in 5 years.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Technically that's a 228% increase increase from what you were paying 5 years ago. Now, inflation is a thing... but I don't think it's up 228%.

[–] logi 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No. That's an increase of 129% to 229% of the original price.

You are right that you always use the original price as the base, but if it were still $7 that would be a 0% increase, not 100% as by your math.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Ah yeah you're right

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